national-PCSOsif you are a PCSO then you are right at home right here!2018-11-25T10:44:39+01:00https://national-pcsos.co.uk/app.php/feed2018-11-25T10:44:39+01:002018-11-25T10:44:39+01:00https://national-pcsos.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19026&p=199406#p1994066 months ago media reported that Police could be protected from prosecution for doing that, but that was 6 months ago.

do they need to be protected from prosecution? well The Times went to well know Traffic lawyer "Mr Loophole" Freeman who stated that a police car driving into a moped rider was an assault, depending on the level of injury caused to the moped rider viz, ABH, GBH etc.

but the MET have already racked up 50 incidents of mopeds brought to a halt by MET POLICE with no complaints brought so what was all the fuss about?

Freeman acknowledges that Police can use force to apprehend offenders but he argues they cannot cause injury, in such cases that would be an assault (for which the Police driver could be put on trial at Crown Court) where do you stand on this?

]]>2018-09-14T20:19:26+01:002018-09-14T20:19:26+01:00https://national-pcsos.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19024&p=199404#p199404Police in Derbyshire have released dramatic footage of a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) setting off in pursuit of a man who had been planning to steal a bike from a shelter at the train station at Pride Park.

PCSO Jim Sadler of the Alvaston Safer Neighbourhood Team was on a bike patrol on the afternoon of Thursday 23 August when he spotted 37-year-old Scott Liddle acting suspiciously.When the officer stopped to challenge him, Liddle handed him his backpack – later found to contain a pair of bolt croppers – and rode off.

The PCSO chased after he as he headed along bike paths towards the city centre, and radioed colleagues for assistance and kept them informed of the pursuit. He made the catch just as colleagues appeared on foot from the opposite direction, who handcuffed Liddle.

]]>2018-09-14T20:17:28+01:002018-09-14T20:17:28+01:00https://national-pcsos.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19023&p=199403#p199403Elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are “not that bright”, make “perverse decisions” and are mainly “absolutely bleeding hopeless”, a damning report has found. One retired chief constable described the PCC who decided his force’s budget as “totally politically-driven and not that bright”, adding: “He was the most difficult person I’ve ever worked with in my public service.”

Another retired chief told how they were pressured to allocate more officers to an area where their PCC’s political supporters were based to boost their campaign, while another said their PCC: “Wanted to do dreadful things to the force’s budget that would not have been sustainable just so he could get re-elected.” Another PCC “became a politician”, said a different chief constable. “He made some obtuse and perverse decisions and would not see a different perspective. The evidence and facts would make no difference.”

Even a person who served as a PCC themselves had a dim view of their colleagues, saying: “You must not assume that being eccentric and having lousy judgment are prerequisites for the job, even though some of my PCC colleagues exhibit these characteristics in spades.

]]>2017-12-29T23:10:35+01:002017-12-29T23:10:35+01:00https://national-pcsos.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19021&p=199399#p199399I realise the career opportunities will be fewer based on age factor, just wondering if our job with all its variants and skills is regarded as having some merit for would be potential employers. Thanks.

]]>2017-12-13T08:30:42+01:002017-12-13T08:30:42+01:00https://national-pcsos.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=19019&p=199397#p199397Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002, it now comes from Section 72 of the Road Traffic Act 1835, same as a PCs power.

Also, there is now no such thing as Standard Powers, all powers are at the discretion of the Chief Constable.